Category: Politics & Policy

Abortion-rights activists chant outside the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of a historic ruling Monday striking down a Texas law that imposed strict requirements on clinics that perform abortions. The Supreme Court this week delivered its strongest affirmation of a women’s right to abortion in years. By a margin of 5-3,

The backlog of appeals of denied Medicare claims will take years to clear up even after changes proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services. The Department of Health and Human Services Tuesday proposed key changes in the Medicare appeals process to help reduce the backlog of more than

Police patrol traffic in Paris as part of new anti-pollution measures aimed at punishing vehicles registered before 1997 that are forbidden to be driven during the week. Nearly 30 police officers stood guard on the morning of July 1, in the main squares of Paris to control and raise awareness

Supporters of leaving the EU celebrate at a party hosted by Leave.EU in central London as they watch results come in from around the country after Thursday’s EU referendum. United Kingdom voters sent shockwaves across Europe and beyond with their vote to exit the European Union. The “Brexit” vote stunned

A Japanese mother and her 2-year-old pick up free groceries in Tokyo at the charity Second Harvest. Japan has a limited safety net for the poor and the economy is still struggling to gain traction under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. In Japan, the world’s third largest economy, the Brexit means

The ITER nuclear fusion reactor in France is a roughly $20 billion project designed to produce energy through the fusion of light atoms of hydrogen. The EU bears nearly half the project’s cost but there is no plan in place for Britain’s participation post-Brexit. “We are rudderless,” says a British

Abortion rights activists celebrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court Monday for a ruling in a case over a Texas law that places restrictions on abortion clinics. In a decision striking down key aspects of a Texas abortion law Monday, the Supreme Court cast doubt on similar laws in nearly two-dozen

British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, the United Kingdom’s head financial official, leaves after making a statement at the Treasury in London on Monday. ‘This Is Going To Be Bad’: Economist Reacts To Brexit Vote Listen· 3:20 3:20 Download Embed Embed <iframe src=”https://www.npr.org/player/embed/483749581/483749582″ width=”100%” height=”290″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no” > Transcript

HeLa cells, commonly used in research, were derived from cervical cancer cells taken in 1951 from Henrietta Lacks without her permission. An influential federal panel has taken the unusual step of telling the Obama administration to withdraw a controversial proposal to revise regulations that protect people who volunteer for medical

Abortion-rights activists chant outside the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of a historic ruling Monday striking down a Texas law that imposed strict requirements on clinics that perform abortions. The Supreme Court this week delivered its strongest affirmation of a women’s right to abortion in years. By a margin of 5-3,

Markets

President Obama speaks at the SelectUSA Investment Summit in Washington, D.C., on Monday. Concerns about a possible “Brexit” were floating in the air as British investors met with state economic teams at the two-day summit. If you’re on the economic development team for your state, you are happy — dancing-in-the-street

Treatments

When mental health professionals don’t take insurance, only the wealthy can afford their help. There’s something that really bothers Stanford psychiatry professor Keith Humphreys. When he thinks of all the years he has spent training the next generation of psychiatrists, the enormous investment in medical school and residency, he wants